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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7328989 | Water base ink set for ink-jet recording An ink set for ink-jet recording comprises a pigment ink and a dye ink containing a pigment and a dye as coloring agent, respectively. The pigment ink contains water, a water-soluble organic solvent, and a negatively charged pigment wherein potassium ion and sodium ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7328962 | Droplet ejection apparatus It is an object of the invention to provide a droplet ejection apparatus that can carry out appropriate recovery processing easily and surely in the recovery processing for droplet ejection heads when the apparatus is powered on. The droplet ejection apparatus of th... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7328992 | Inkjet recording method and inkjet recording apparatus An inkjet recording method includes: generating image data for forming a thinned-out image according to an thinning-out pattern without regularity; and printing a color image with respective inks, by scanning a recording head multiple times on a same recording area ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7328988 | Ink composition for inkjet spacer formation and spacer element using the same The present invention relates to an ink composition for spacer formation and a spacer element using the same, and more particularly to an ink composition for spacer formation including a) 10 to 70 parts by weight (dry weight) of a polymer emulsion; b) 0.1 to 50 part... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7328990 | Ink-jet ink set, ink-jet recording method, and ink-jet recording apparatus The present invention provides an ink-jet ink set including an ink-jet ink containing a colorant and a surfactant, and a treatment liquid, wherein an ink droplet formed by bringing the ink-jet ink into contact with the treatment liquid has a ratio (H/R) of height (H... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7328991 | Ink and ink-applying process and apparatus using the same Disclosed herein is an ink including a coloring material, a resin and a solvent, wherein the resin is a block copolymer of a polyvinyl ether structure having a hydrophilic segment and a hydrophobic segment, and the hydrophilic segment of the block copolymer has a nu... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7328961 | Droplet ejection apparatus and method of judging ejection failure in droplet ejection heads It is an object of the invention to provide a droplet ejection apparatus and a method of judging an ejection failure in droplet ejection heads which can judge an ejection failure in the droplet ejection heads and a cause thereof based on a subtraction result obtaine... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7326287 | Cyan inks and their use in ink-jet printers A composition comprising: (a) a major dye component which is a mixture of copper phthalocyanine dyes of Formula (1): CuPcβ-(SO3M)xβ-(SO2NH2)y Formula (1) wherein: ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7326288 | Trisazo compound, ink composition, and colored object [PROBLEMS] To provide: a black compound which is for use in ink-jet recording or writing utensils, is excellent in ozone resistance, light resistance, moisture resistance, and color rendering, and gives a recording fluid having satisfactory storage stability; and an... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7322688 | Jettable ink A printing method includes printing an ultraviolet light curable jettable ink including a colorant, a photoinitiating system, and cationic reagent onto a substrate provide a marking, and exposing the marking to ultraviolet radiation after at least two second. The ul... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7322687 | Inkjet recording method and inkjet recording apparatus An inkjet recording method includes: forming a color image with respective inks on a recording medium by while scanning a recording head multiple times on a same recording area thereof, forming a thinned-out image according to an thinning-out pattern without regular... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7323045 | Magenta ink composition Objects of the present invention are to provide a magenta ink composition having good light-fastness and gas resistance, and excellent moisture resistance and clogging resistance, and to provide a magenta ink composition having excellent colorability in addition to ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7316700 | Self optimizing lancing device with adaptation means to temporal variations in cutaneous properties A lancing device, an embodiment of which controls the advancement and retraction of a lancet by monitoring the position of the lancet in conjunction with a lancet controller which incorporates a feedback loop for modulating the lancet driver to follow a predetermine... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7316739 | Ink set, ink cartridge, ink jet printer and recording method The ink set of the present invention provides a high ejection stability, gives an image having an excellent hue, light-resistance and waterproofness and improves the image preservability under severe conditions in ink jet recording, in which the ink set comprising a... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7316475 | Thermal printing of silver ink Aqueous inkjet inks having metal nanoparticles for printing of conductive patterns or for other reasons can be printed employing heat energy within the range of current printers. For optimum printing the energy delivered would be about 2.9×109 Joules/m | 01/08/2008 |
| 7316472 | Jet printing ink and method of ink jet printing An ink for ink jet recording comprises a water soluble dye, in which the water soluble dye having an oxidation potential more positive than 1.0 V (SCE) is dissolved or dispersed in an aqueous medium, which comprises at least one selected from compounds represented b... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7316473 | Inkjet recording method and inkjet recording apparatus An inkjet recording method and apparatus including: forming a color image with color inks and an invisible ink by while scanning a first recording head multiple times on a same recording area, forming a thinned-out image, and jetting an invisible ink from a second r... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7314276 | Ink-jet recording method, ink-jet ink, ink-jet recording unit, ink cartridge for ink-jet recording and ink-jet recording apparatus The present invention provides an ink-jet recording method for forming an image by applying an ink to a recording medium, wherein the ink used contains at least water, a pigment, a dispersing agent for dispersing the pigment and an acid form of an anionic surfactant... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7314510 | Ink jet liquid composition and ink jet recording method The present invention provides an ink jet liquid composition including chitosan and a non-volatile organic acid. The non-volatile organic acid preferably has two or more carboxyl groups and a cyclic structure other than an aromatic ring. Further, the invention provi... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7314273 | Process for preparing phthalocyanine compounds A process for preparing a mixture of copper phthalocyanine dyes of Formula (1): CuPc(SO3M)x(SO2NH2)y, wherein: CuPc is copper phthalocyanine; M is a cation; x and y each independently have a value of from 0.5 to... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7314274 | Compositions and processes An ink-jet printing process comprising the steps (a) and (b) in any order or simultaneously: (a) applying an ink to a substrate by means of an ink-jet printer to form an image on a substrate; and (b) applying to the substrate a fixing composition comprising a liquid... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7314275 | Recording liquid, liquid cartridge, liquid discharge apparatus and method of liquid discharge An ink containing an ethylene oxide adduct of a dihydric alcohol, having a hydrocarbon group with 9 or less carbon atoms and having an I/O ratio ranging between 1 and 1.37, is supplied via nozzles in the form of liquid droplets onto a recording paper sheet, so that ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7311371 | Method for inkjet recording A method for recording on a recording medium by discharging a non-aqueous ink containing a non-aqueous solvent and a pigment by an inkjet system. The method contains a step of preparing recording paper having a thickness exceeding 0.083 mm as a recording medium, a s... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7311391 | Ink composition and ink jet recording method An ink composition comprising: at least one dye having an oxidation potential of more positive than 1.0 V dissolved or dispersed in an aqueous medium; and a surface active agent in an amount of from 0.05 to 50 g/l. The ink composition having the aforesaid constituti... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7311392 | Inkjet recording ink and method of inkjet recording An inkjet recording ink including an aqueous medium having dissolved therein a phthalocyanine dye, wherein the phthalocyanine dye is a water-soluble dye having an oxidation potential more positive than 1.0 V (vs SCE) and the ink includes a water-miscible organic sol... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7311393 | Inkjet recording ink and method of inkjet recording The object of the present invention is to provide an inkjet recording ink ensuring excellent ejection stability even after aging of the ink and also exhibiting excellent weather resistance; provide an inkjet recording ink ensuring less blurring of the image drawn, i... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7311396 | Barcode marking method and apparatus for electro-luminescence display device The invention relates to a barcode marking method and apparatus for an electro-luminescence display device. According to the barcode marking method and apparatus for an electro-luminescence display device of the present invention includes, an information barcode is ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7309122 | Method for storing cationic polymerizable composition and container for using thereof A method for storing a cationic polymerizable composition including an acid generating agent, a cationic polymerizable compound and water, the method including the step of: placing the cationic polymerizable composition in a water impermeable container maintaining a... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7306664 | Ink-jet recording ink, ink-jet recording method, and ink-jet recording apparatus An ink jet recording ink containing water and a coloring material, wherein the ink jet recording ink further contains an ethylenediamine compound represented by Formula (I): wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 are each selected from ... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7303618 | Ink for ink-jet recording An ink for ink-jet recording is provided in which copper phthalocyanine dyes and a thiazole-based compound are used. In this ink, the mildew resistant properties are not impaired, and the ink exhibits excellent ozone resistance. Furthermore, the formation of a preci... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7303617 | Ink for ink-jet recording An ink for ink-jet recording is provided in which C. I. Direct Blue 199 and a thiazole-based compound are used. In this ink, about 1 mol % to about 20 mol % of the total counter ions in C. I. Direct Blue 199 are ammonium ions or organic ammonium ions. ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7303620 | Water-based ink, and image formation method and recorded image using the ink A water-based ink that comprises a liquid medium containing water, a water-dispersible coloring material and a surfactant, wherein when the ink is attached onto a recording material, the water-dispersible coloring material forms a plurality of minute interspersed ag... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7304095 | Photocurable ink-jet ink, ink-jet image forming method and ink-jet recording apparatus using the same A photocurable ink for ink-jet printing, including: a photopolymerizable compound; a pigment; and a dispersing agent, wherein the photopolymerizable compound is a radical polymerizable compound; an amine value of the pigment (AMp) is larger than an acid value of the... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7304099 | Preparation of improved inks for inkjet printers The invention relates to an improved system for inkjet printing which results in images with increased permanence as measured by transfer of color from the image when the image is subjected to mechanical and/or chemical abrasion. The invention provides a fusible mat... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7303787 | Active ray curable ink-jet composition, image forming method using the same, and ink-jet recording apparatus An active ray curable ink-jet ink composition comprising: (i) a colorant; and (ii) a set of (I) or a set of (II), wherein the set of (I) contains: (a) a photopolymerizable alicyclic epoxy compound; and (b) a diol compound contained in a specific amount; and the set ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7303616 | Ink composition, ink jet recording method and recorded article It is an object of the present invention to provide an ink composition using a metal phthalocyanine type cyan dye, according to which the indoor storability (gas resistance) of images created using the ink composition can be improved. The present invention provides ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7303263 | Thermal ink jet printhead with high nozzle areal density There is disclosed an inkjet printhead which comprises a plurality of nozzles (3) and one or more heater elements (10) corresponding to each nozzle (3). Each heater element is configured to heat a bubble forming liquid in the printhead to a temp... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7303272 | Black ink for inkjet recording and inkjet recording method A black ink for inkjet recording having an aqueous medium containing a dye in which λmax of the absorption spectrum in an aqueous solution is in the region from 500 and 700 nm and the half-value width in the absorption spectrum of a dilute solution standardized to ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7303614 | Ink composition and inkjet recording method An ink composition comprising a dispersion medium and a charged particle, wherein the charged particle comprises a colorant, a compound having pKb of 16 or less in water and containing a proton-acceptive neutral functional group, and a charge controlling agent havin... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7303615 | Colorant material, and water dispersion, ink, ink tank, recording unit, recording apparatus and recording method using the same There is provided a colorant material comprising a compound represented by at least one of the following general formulas (1) and (2) as a first colorant compound and at least one of a water insoluble triphenylmethane compound and a water insoluble xanthene compound... | 12/04/2007 |
